Simon (1980 film)
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Country USA | 6.2/10 Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 1980 Screenplay Marshall Brickman, Tom Baum Cast (Simon), (Dr. Cynthia Mallory), (Fichandler), (Eric Van Dongen), (Leon Hundertwasser), (Maj. Gen. Korey) Similar movies Interstellar , The Martian , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb , Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Independence Day Tagline He loves you. Do what he says. |
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Simon is a 1980 American comedy film. It was written and directed by Marshall Brickman and stars Alan Arkin.
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Plot summary

The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a psychology professor named Simon Mendelssohn who was abandoned at birth and manage to convince him, and the rest of the world, that he is of extraterrestrial origin. Simon escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.
Cast
Awards
Alan Arkin was nominated for Best Actor in the 1981 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Home video availability
In 1981 and 1990, the film was released on VHS format by Warner Home Video and is now out of print. A remastered copy of the film was released via Warner Archives' Made To Order DVD-R service in 2011 in its original full-frame 16x9 (1.85:1) format.
References
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